WASHINGTON, DC COLLOQUIUM Our Master in Public Policy (MPP) students spent a week in Washington meeting top leaders, practitioners, and officials at the White House, Capitol Hill, federal agencies, foreign embassies, lobbying firms, think tanks, advocacy groups, and political consultancies, gaining valuable insight into the strategy and practice of public policy and career paths.
CONFERENCE WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE Center for Impact Finance Director Michael Swack convened the 17th Financial Innovations Roundtable in Charlotte, North Carolina. This annual meeting, hosted with the Federal Reserve, convenes community development organizations, financial institutions, government agencies, charitable organizations, and business associations to address access to capital for low- and moderate-income consumers and communities. The focus this year was on “Donor Advised Funds as Investors in US Community Development.�
CARSEY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | ANNUAL REVIEW 2017
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